On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, a young wife and
mother obsessed with the glamour of Jackie, struggles over the decision
of whether to stay in a loveless but secure marriage or to follow the
man she loves and whose baby she may be carrying. Decades earlier, in
1919, Vivien Lowe, an obituary writer, is searching for her lover who
disappeared in the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. By telling
the stories of the dead, Vivien not only helps others cope with their
grief but also begins to understand the devastation of her own terrible
loss. The surprising connection between these two women will change
Claire’s life in unexpected and extraordinary ways.

From Amazon:Five years ago, Tia fell into obsessive love. The only
problem—Nathan was married and the father of two boys. When she became
pregnant, he disappeared, and she gave up her baby for adoption. Now,
she’s trying to connect with her lost daughter and former lover.

Five years ago, Caroline,
a dedicated pathologist, reluctantly adopted a baby to please her
husband. She prayed her misgivings would disappear; instead, she’s
questioning whether she’s cut out for the role of wife and mother.

Five years ago, Juliette
considered her life ideal: she had a loving family, believed in her
marriage, and her business thrived. Then she discovered Nathan’s
affair. He’d promised he’d never stray again and she trusted him. But
Juliette never knew about the baby.

Now, when
photographs of the child arrive, Juliette’s devastated. How could
Nathan deny his daughter? And if he’s kept this a secret from her, what
else is he hiding? Desperate for the truth, Juliette goes in search of
the little girl. Her quest leads to Caroline and Tia and before long,
the women are on a collision course with consequences that none of them
could have predicted.

Coming of age in the patrician neighborhood of Pasadena, California
during the 1960s, Rebecca Madden and her beautiful, reckless friend
Alex dream of lives beyond their mothers' narrow expectations. Their
struggle to define themselves against the backdrop of an American
cultural revolution unites them early on, until one sweltering evening
the summer before their last year of college, when a single act of
betrayal changes everything. Decades later, Rebecca’s haunting
meditation on the past reveals the truth about that night, the years
that followed, and the friendship that shaped her.

The Good House tells the story of Hildy Good, who lives
in a small town on Boston’s North Shore. Hildy is a successful
real-estate broker, good neighbor, mother, and grandmother. She’s also
a raging alcoholic. Hildy’s family held an intervention for her about a
year before this story takes place and now
she feels lonely and unjustly persecuted. She has also fooled herself
into thinking that moderation is the key to her drinking problem.

As
if battling her demons wasn’t enough to keep her busy, Hildy soon finds
herself embroiled in the underbelly of her New England town, a craggy
little place that harbors secrets. There’s a scandal, some mysticism,
babies, old houses, drinking, and desire—and a love story between two
craggy 60-somethings that's as real and sexy as you get. An
exceptional novel that is at turns hilarious and sobering, The Good House asks the question: What will it take to keep Hildy Good from drinking? For good.

National bestselling author Erica Bauermeister returns to the enchanting world of The School of Essential Ingredients in this luminous sequel.

Lillian and her restaurant have a way of drawing people together.
There’s Al, the accountant who finds meaning in numbers and ritual;
Chloe, a budding chef who hasn’t learned to trust after heartbreak;
Finnegan, quiet and steady as a tree, who can disappear into the
background despite his massive height; Louise, Al’s wife, whose anger
simmers just below the boiling point; and Isabelle, whose memories are
slowly slipping from her grasp. And there’s Lillian herself, whose life
has taken a turn she didn’t expect. . . .

Their lives collide
and mix with those around them, sometimes joining in effortless
connections, at other times sifting together and separating again,
creating a family that is chosen, not given. A beautifully imagined
novel about the ties that bind—and links that break—The Lost Art of Mixing is a captivating meditation on the power of love, food, and companionship.